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v I P. WINDHAUSEN. APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING OONSTITUENT PARTS OF GASEOUS AND LIQUID COMPOUNDS.

No. 551,023. Patented-Dec. 10,1895,

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AN BREW B GRAHAMPHOTDUMQWASHINGIDNJE.

I UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE;

FRANZ wINnHAUsEm or BERLIN, GERMANY.

.. APPARATUS'FOR SEPARATING CONSTITUENT PARTS OFGA'SEOUS AND uouw COMPOUNDS.

- sr'scrrrcn'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,023, dated December 10, 1895. 2 Application filed Decemberld, 1892. Serial No. 455,350. (No model.) Patented in Belgium August 3, 1892,1io. 100,797.

To all whom it may corwern:

'Be it known that I, FRANZ WINDnAUsEN,

5 a subject of the Kingof Prussia, Emperor of "Germany; residing at No. 106 Rathenowerstrassc, Berlin, N. \V., in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improved Apparatus for Separating Constituent Parts of Gaseous and Liquid Componnds as, for instapceyseparation of water from liquids containingalcohol or of hydrocarbons or paraffine from gases, &c.-- (for which I have obtained a patent in Belgium, No. 100,797, bearing date August 3, 1892,) 'of which the following is a specification 4 The present invention relates to the elimination from gaseous and liquid compounds or mixtures of a c'ertainone or more of their constituent parts; andfits object is to efiect the same by a cooling process, so that the remaining part, after the separation has taken place, shall be obtained at its original temperature or somewhat warmer. In order to obrain this, a current of gaseous or aeriform body previously rendered intensely cold bysuccessive compression, cooling, and expansion. is

to assist in the production of the intense cold necessary to effect the elimination.

The mode of operati n can be carried out in three ways: first, by continually renewing the gaseous or aeriform' fluid serving alter nately'as heat or cold conveying agent; sec- 0nd, by repeatedly employing the, same, (in circulation;) third, by employing in the same manner that part. of the compound not ren-' dared-dense instead of any particular gaseous o'r aeriform fluid. In the latter case the in ven-.-

t-ion is confined to gaseous or aeriform fluids.

The apparatus consists mainly of one set of refrigerators and one set of reheateis connected together and fitted upon the counter- I current principle; an apparatus arranged between-the said two sets in the course of the compound ormixture under treatment and adaptedto catch and retain any condensed -or solidified particles which the uncondensed portion of the said' compound or mixture might carry with it from the set of. refrigerators an expansion-cylinderarrangedbetween the said sets of refrigerators and rehcaters and in the course of' the fluid servingalten nately as heat and cold conveying agent, and

a compressiomcylinder arranged at the be- 1 con scquently warmed state into the reheating As additional apparatus a cooler with water circulation may be employed, if necessary,the same being arranged after the compression-' cylinder in order to cool down the heat or cold conveying agent to the temperature of the water previous to its entering the abovementioned set of reheaters, and devices for removing solid deposits from the refrigerators and catching device previously mentioned, as

also -for carrying out the modified mode of operation mentioned under mode second above; a connecting-pipe withvalves at both end P be-' tween-the outlet for the fluid serving alternately'as heat and cold conveying-agent and the cbmpressioucylinder, so that the said agent can be caused to return to. the compression-cylinder instead of being permitted to leave the apparatus, and finally for carrying out the modified method mentioned under mode three above; a connecting-pipe with valves at both ends between the outlet for that part of the gaseous or liquidcomponnd which has not been solidified or condensed and the compression -'cylinder,. so that the said part can be caused to flow back to the compression cylinder instead of being permitted to leave the apparatus.

In order to make this specification more clearly intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters denote similar parts throughout the several views. v

v Figure 1 illustrates in section one form of the apparatus for carrying out my invention. Fig. 2 is'a diagram showing the changes of 5 index-"C and the inlet L,

word compound is used to designate the under treatment and liquid or aeiiform body "the word -mediurn for the heat or cold conveying agent. I i C is the compression-cylinder.

-V V (are the reheaters'ii coolers, and N, the cooler with water circula tiorij The. coolers aswell as the reheaters are vsupposed. to be constructed onthe same principle es the well-known tubular condensers.

The, circulstiouehember-formed by the tubes of the outeror end cooler is provided with 26 an inlet G and the corresponding chamber of the outer or end-ieheeter V with an outlet 'G r for the compound -that is, for the. uncondensed portion;;o the same-while the cham berinclosingthe tubes of the end reheeter V 2 has an inlet v L and the'corresponding chum-- ber ofthe cooler Ten outlet L for the medium. The 'c'onnectionsfor the circulation from inlet G to outlet G through the tubes for-the compound .for the medium are formed for the-latter by pipe} andpcoler W,.the tube-inclosing chsmr of which may be considered as a rtion otthe said pipe between the 'compress on-cyle pi e, Z between the reheaters V and V, pipes and 1 between reheatr' V and cooler '1-"by way of the ex p'ansiomcylinder E, and pipe 1 between the coolers T and'T, and for the former by pipe g between the coolers'l and T, pipes g and g between cooler T and reheater V by way of the catchingievioeF, and pipe 9 between the rehesters end-V. If the cooler Wis not employed, the pipe I will? directlytothe inlet L, as indicated by do lines in Fig. 1 .The medium is drawn by suction through pipe 0 into the compression-c linder C, where it is compressed, and passes t on through pipe 1(end if it is to be reduced .watertempere- 5o ture through the tubes of, thgcondenser W) into the set of reheaters-Y' through the tubes of which circulates t e; unoondensed portion of the compound; i he said medium here passes '5 5 cooled, andthrough pipeP-intp the expansioncylinder E, which is provided with positive acting inlet and outlet valves, as in ordinaryrefrigerating-engines. ,Themedium is here cooled down by expiimsiilll- "1 etmos heric 6,0 pressure and flows then [through pipe 3 into the chambers inolosing the tubes of the coolers '1" T, whence it escapes through exit-orifice L and pipe I. The compound is simultaneously caused to into the tubes of the B5 first cooler '1 through the inlet-pipe g-.i. e., in direction opposite-to the course of the medium-and from said tubes it passes through.

- peble of being solidified or condensed; by gai state. and from the compression-'cylm-- 'In'Fig. 2 the line a: it represents the rise of 3o der to outlet L through the tubechsm,bers' between the tubes-where it is' the compo scribed. The variations inthe temperature" 1251/ pipe 9' into the tubes cit-he second 73; from whence it passes through the pipe 955%, the apparatus F, which, as above mentioned, serves to catch and detsin'any solidified or condensed particles carried by the uncon densed portion of the compound from the coolers. On its, passage through the said I coolers the compound is subjected to the action of the cold which has-'beenprodnoedon 1 the cooler series and 'whi isthemore intense the indre-the' compound appiibsches "jpipe-sf. 9 so that such 'ofiits constituents QiQMQ' ca the medium by eirpendi ifi it'befiore it reaches cold are caused tosepemtecuunnd in doin so collect partly on the wells inside the tubes and] partly on the bottom-of the coolers. From the apparatus -F the uncondensed por tion of the compound passes through the pipe g into and through the tubes of reheater N' '.,-l the pipeg, and the tubes of reheeter V, suc cessively, to the exit-orifice G and pipe g". On this passage the more the said uncon- 9'0 densed portion of the compound approaches the pipe the more-it takes up hest'from the compressed medium circulating in the other wsy,'and thus leaves the apparatus in warmed I: v

tempemtureproduced in the compressed the dium and line x" no shows-the relative diminu tion in tempemtm'e fromhthe bcginningjito the end of the-oxpzmsion. The thermic curve a: a2 a? x it corresponds to the variations the temperature of the medium and the our d y y to those of the compound. j

1 t, according to the second method of cerrying out the process, the medium is required :05 tocirculate continually,communication must be established between the outlet-pipel and the compression-cylinder, as by a pipek, con neoted with pipe 2 by e threewsy cock "1:", the feed-pipe 0 being dispensed with in this in case. The said cook it is then first to close thechamber of the cooler? end-open up communication between pipe 5 25nd the compression-cylinder, thus allowing the dium toflow through the pipes Z and k tcthe' I and pipe ?c. As long as the cock k is left in this latter position, the medium-Will continue to'eirculate round and round. The course of und is the same as previously de of the medium correspond to the closed curve wm'm x mfim.*i"" I p If it is desired, in the case of an aeriform compound, tocause that part of the compound not solidified to act as me t t-s r ns,

" must be connected to the compressiomcylfsg fk inder, for instance, by e pipe z arid s waycock z. Thecompoundenter ngthgofigh orifice G takes its course through th o tubes connection between exit-orifice L' i" tween the compression cylinder and. the reheater set, substantially as described. I

3. In apparatus for separetin g out constituent ports of a liquid or aeriform. compoundby the'ectionof a gaseous or aeriform cooling medium, the said compound and medium being caused to meet each other on the countor-current principle, the combination with the reheaters and coolers, compression cyliniranged Yes-specified and suitable inlets and outlets to the reheaters and coolersfor the i said compound and medium, of a. device for catching or retaining solidified-or liquefied particles, of the said compound end'erranged in the pipe'connection. between the tube inclosing'speces of the cooler and reheater sets, substantially as described.

'4. In apparatus for separating out constitu- :0 (ant parts of a; liquid or aeriform compound by the action of a. gaseous or aeriform cooling mediam, the said compound end medium being caused to meet each other on the counter cur-- rent principle, the combination, with the rez 5 heatersend coolers, compression cylinder, ex-

. pension cylinder, pipe connections-arranged as specified, and suitable inlets and outlets to the reheaters and coolers for the said com pound and medium, of an additional cooler 39 W placed in the pipe connection between the "compression cylinder and the reheater set, ende deviee ioncatehing-brretaining fied or liquefied particles of the said com-e pound'enderrahged in the pipe connection f 5-.between the tube inclosing spaces of the cooler and -r'eheater sets, substantially as described. p v 5. In apparatus 101' separating out constitu out parts of a liquid or aeriform compound by 4c the action of a gaseous or aeriform cooling me ,diuln, the'said compound and medium being caused to meet each other on the counter-current. principle, the combination with the re heaters and coolers, compression cylinder, ex-- pansion cylinder, pipe connections arranged as specified,- and'tsuitable inlets and outlets to t e reheaters and coolers for the said compound and medium, of-a pipe with cock 70 from the outlet 05- the cooling medium at the endofthe cooler set backto connection k semeseetibnswn g as specified, and suitable v p to the reheeters endc'oolers fdiithe said com poundcand medium, of a' pipe connection It with cockk' from theoutlet L for the cooling medimn'at the end of'thc cooler set to the compression cylinder, nnde pipe connection z w1th cock z', 2' between theoutlet G for the uncondensed portion-of the said compound and the inlet of the coolinwmedium to the'omnpression cylinder, substantihlly 7o 7. In apparatus for separating out constit'i'ient perts of a liquid or aeriform. compound by the action of gaseousor aeriform cooling ni'edium, the said com und and'mediunihbing j 5 caused to meet eec other onthecountetcgr rent grinciplc, the combination iof the heaters and coolers, compression cylinder pension cylinder, and pipe co nnectionsgh Z,

ranged as specified, said reheaters and coolers $1 liavi'ng double bottoms Dand having a device rear boi-sfixopen cpnnection between the hatter end thetubeiuclesingspcce or.- m: e specti-ve cooler, a stop. valve between front 8 and rear boxes, e'pipeconnection '3? having stop cock s from front compartment s3to" double bottom, pipe connection s from said. front compartment to a'branchpipe siof pipe l, and pipe connection c from the rear com- 'p'ertment to the double bottom, substantially eta-described; In testimony whereof I have hemuntoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

smnz wmnnsussu.

Witnesses; W; mum,

heaters and coolerstconipreseion.cglindenexr; pipe eonneetionser-i-i. 

